COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Chelsea, Farmingdale, Gardiner, Hallowell, Manchester, Monmouth, Pittston, Randolph, Readfield, Wayne, West Gardiner and Winthrop.
There are 28,218 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Craig Hickman, a Democrat from Winthrop. Sen. Hickman has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2012; he served in the House from 2013-2020 and has served in the Senate since 2020.
Sen. Hickman is a local business owner, running a successful organic farm and bed and breakfast with his husband. He is the first black lawmaker in Maine to serve in both chambers of the Legislature.
Sen. Hickman serves as chairman of the veterans and legal affairs committee, on the agriculture, conservation and forestry committee, as chairman of the government oversight committee and on the senate conduct and ethics committee.
The veterans and legal affairs committee covers alcoholic beverage laws; adult-use marijuana regulation; lottery; for profit and nonprofit gambling, including games of chance, beano and raffles; slot machines, gaming devices; harness racing and off-track betting; election laws; campaign practices; campaign financing and disclosures; the Maine Clean Election Act; voter registration; direct initiatives and people’s veto; legislative ethics; lobbyist registration and reporting; Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; veterans’ programs; Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management Services (except the Maine Emergency Management Agency); Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations; Gambling Control Board; and Maine National Guard.
The agriculture, conservation and forestry committee covers the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; agricultural development; agricultural fairs, products and marketing; animal control and welfare; harness racing; food policy; food safety, inspection and labeling; dairy industry; pest management and pesticides regulation; industrial hemp; state parks, historic sites, public lands and submerged lands; Maine Land Use Planning Commission; geological surveying and mapping; Maine Forest Service; timber harvesting; industrial hemp; the Land for Maine’s Future Program; and Baxter State Park.
The mission of the Joint Legislative Government Oversight Committee, hereafter called the “Committee”, is to oversee program evaluation and government accountability matters in State government. The Committee seeks to ensure that public funds are expended for intended purposes, and that programs and activities are effectively, efficiently and economically managed. The Committee accomplishes this mission by conducting public inquiries and directing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to conduct independent, objective reviews of State agencies and programs and other entities receiving public funds or expending private monies for public purposes.
Information for this lawmaker’s biography has been compiled from numerous public sources, including pages maintained by political parties, individual lawmakers and the Maine Legislature.
Contact this lawmaker: Craig.Hickman@legislature.maine.gov or 207-377-3276
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are Craig Hickman (D) and Shannon McDonnell (R).
View contributions to each candidate, campaign expenditures and campaign filings on the Maine Ethics Commission website.
On Election Night in November, this section will also feature live results for this race.
LEGISLATIVE WORK:
The following chart is a compilation of legislation sponsored by Sen. Hickman during the 131st Legislature. To learn more about each legislation and see where it is in the legislative process, click on the bill ID in the first column. View each vote cast by Sen. Hickman.
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